Meditating on Christ to Stir Passion for Christ

In the message last Sunday we talked about engaging our minds in worship. Remember how it was mentioned that passion doesn't just happen, it is cultivated - often through study and meditation. I have found it helpful to intentionally meditate on the person and work of Jesus on Saturdays in preparation for Sunday. Here is how that looked for the Puritan Cotton Mather:

"The thoughts of Christ have become exceedingly frequent with me; I meditate on His glorious Person, as the eternal and incarnate Son of God: and I behold the infinite God as coming to me, and meeting with me in this blessed meditation. I fly to Him on multitudes of occasions every day, and am impatient if many minutes have passed without some recourse to Him. Every now and then I rebuke myself for having been so long without any thoughts of my Savior; how can I bear to keep at such a distance from Him? I then look up to Him, and say--Oh my Savior, draw near to me! Oh, come to dwell in my soul, and help me to cherish some thoughts wherein I shall enjoy You; and upon this I set myself to think of what He has done, is doing, and what He will do for me: I find the subject inexhaustible..." - Cotton Mather

Yes indeed, the subject is inexhaustible! Praise Jesus!